The Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health was known as the Department of Epidemiology before July 1, 2022.

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Submissions from 2019

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Tobacco Smoking and Dementia in a Kentucky Cohort: A Competing Risk Analysis, Erin L. Abner, Peter T. Nelson, Gregory A. Jicha, Gregory E. Cooper, David W. Fardo, Frederick A. Schmitt, and Richard J. Kryscio

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Collaborative Molecular Epidemiology Study of Metabolic Dysregulation, DNA Methylation, and Breast Cancer Risk Among Nigerian Women: MEND Study Objectives and Design, Tomi Akinyemiju, Omolola Salako, Adetola Daramola, Olusegun Alatise, Adewale Adeniyi, Gabriel Ogun, Omobolaji Ayandipo, Thomas Olajide, Olalekan Olasehinde, Olukayode Arowolo, Adewale Adisa, Oludolapo Afuwape, Aralola Olusanya, Aderemi Adegoke, Akinlolu Ojo, Trygve Tollefsbol, and Donna K. Arnett

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Post-Acquisition Processing Confounds in Brain Volumetric Quantification of White Matter Hyperintensities, Ahmed A. Bahrani, Omar M. Al-Janabi, Erin L. Abner, Shoshana H. Bardach, Richard J. Kryscio, Donna M. Wilcock, Charles D. Smith, and Gregory A. Jicha

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Fraud Detection Protocol for Web-Based Research Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Development and Descriptive Evaluation, April M. Ballard, Trey Cardwell, and April M. Young

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Nutrition and Environmental Pollution Extension Curriculum Improved Diet-Related Behaviors and Environmental Health Literacy, Dawn Brewer, Hannah Bellamy, Anna Hoover, Annie Koempel, and Lisa Gaetke

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Evaluating Trajectories of Episodic Memory in Normal Cognition and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Results from ADNI, Xiuhua Ding, Richard J. Charnigo, Frederick A. Schmitt, Richard J. Kryscio, Erin L. Abner, and Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

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An Exome-Wide Sequencing Study of the GOLDN Cohort Reveals Novel Associations of Coding Variants and Fasting Plasma Lipids, Xin Geng, Marguerite R. Irvin, Bertha Hidalgo, Stella Aslibekyan, Vinodh Srinivasasainagendra, Ping An, Alexis C. Frazier-Wood, Hemant K. Tiwari, Tushar Dave, Kathleen Ryan, Jose M. Ordovas, Robert J. Straka, Mary F. Feitosa, Paul N. Hopkins, Ingrid Borecki, Michael A. Province, Braxton D. Mitchell, Donna K. Arnett, and Degui Zhi

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Associations Between SLC16A11 Variants and Diabetes in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), Bertha A. Hidalgo, Tamar Sofer, Qibin Qi, Neil Schneiderman, Y. -D. Ida Chen, Robert C. Kaplan, M. Larissa Avilés-Santa, Kari E. North, Donna K. Arnett, Adam Szpiro, Jianwen Cai, Bing Yu, Eric Boerwinkle, George Papanicolaou, Cathy C. Laurie, Jerome I. Rotter, and Adrienne M. Stilp

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Alcohol Sale Status and Homicide Victimization in Kentucky, 2005-2012: Is There a Spatial Association?, Hanan Abdulghafoor Khaleel, Sabrina Brown, Steven T. Fleming, and W. Jay Christian

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Multi-Ancestry Study of Blood Lipid Levels Identifies Four Loci Interacting with Physical Activity, Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen, Amy R. Bentley, Raymond Noordam, Yun Ju Sung, Karen Schwander, Thomas W. Winkler, Hermina Jakupović, Daniel I. Chasman, Alisa Manning, Ioanna Ntalla, Hugues Aschard, Michael R. Brown, Lisa de las Fuentes, Nora Franceschini, Xiuqing Guo, Dina Vojinovic, Stella Aslibekyan, Mary F. Feitosa, Minjung Kho, Solomon K. Musani, Melissa Richard, Heming Wang, Zhe Wang, Traci M. Bartz, Lawrence F. Bielak, Archie Campbell, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Virginia Fisher, Fernando P. Hartwig, Andrea R. V. R. Horimoto, and Donna K. Arnett

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An Integrative Cross-Omics Analysis of DNA Methylation Sites of Glucose and Insulin Homeostasis, Jun Liu, Elena Carnero-Montoro, Jenny van Dongen, Samantha Lent, Ivana Nedeljkovic, Symen Ligthart, Pei-Chien Tsai, Tiphaine C. Martin, Pooja R. Mandaviya, Rick Jansen, Marjolein J. Peters, Liesbeth Duijts, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Henning Tiemeier, Janine F. Felix, Gonneke Willemsen, Eco J. C. de Geus, Audrey Y. Chu, Daniel Levy, Shih-Jen Hwang, Jan Bressler, Rahul Gondalia, Elias L. Salfati, Christian Herder, Bertha A. Hidalgo, Toshiko Tanaka, Ann Zenobia Moore, Rozenn N. Lemaitre, Min A. Jhun, Jennifer A. Smith, and Donna K. Arnett

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INtervention for Cognitive Reserve Enhancement in Delaying the Onset of Alzheimer's Symptomatic Expression (INCREASE), a Randomized Controlled Trial: Rationale, Study Design, and Protocol, Daniela C. Moga, Brooke F. Beech, Erin L. Abner, Frederick A. Schmitt, Riham H. El Khouli, Ashley I. Martinez, Lynne Eckmann, Mark Huffmyer, Rosmy George, and Gregory A. Jicha

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Multi-Ancestry Sleep-by-SNP Interaction Analysis in 126,926 Individuals Reveals Lipid Loci Stratified by Sleep Duration, Raymond Noordam, Maxime M. Bos, Heming Wang, Thomas W. Winkler, Amy R. Bentley, Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen, Paul S. de Vries, Yun Ju Sung, Karen Schwander, Brian E. Cade, Alisa Manning, Hugues Aschard, Michael R. Brown, Han Chen, Nora Franceschini, Solomon K. Musani, Melissa Richard, Dina Vojinovic, Stella Aslibekyan, Traci M. Bartz, and Donna K. Arnett

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Patterns and Predictors of Chronic Opioid Use in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study, GYeon Oh, Erin L. Abner, David W. Fardo, Patricia R. Freeman, and Daniela C. Moga

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Delivering health knowledge and wisdom from the hills and hollows of Appalachia, F. Douglas Scutchfield MD, Erin N. Haynes, Robert M. Shapiro II, and Charlotte S. Seidman

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A Case-Control Study of Trace-Element Status and Lung Cancer in Appalachian Kentucky, Jason M. Unrine, Stacey A. Slone, Wayne T. Sanderson, Nancy E. Johnson, Eric B. Durbin, Shristi Shrestha, Ellen J. Hahn, Fran Feltner, Bin Huang, W. Jay Christian, Isabel Mellon, David K. Orren, and Susanne M. Arnold

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Enhancing Timeliness of Drug Overdose Mortality Surveillance: A Machine Learning Approach, Patrick J. Ward, Peter J. Rock, Svetla Slavova, April M. Young, Terry L. Bunn, and Ramakanth Kavuluru

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Caloric Restriction Alters Postprandial Responses of Essential Brain Metabolites in Young Adult Mice, Lucille M. Yanckello, Lyndsay E. A. Young, Jared D. Hoffman, Robert P. Mohney, Mignon A. Keaton, Erin L. Abner, and Ai-Ling Lin

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A PheWAS Study of a Large Observational Epidemiological Cohort of African Americans from the REGARDS Study, Xueyan Zhao, Xin Geng, Vinodh Srinivasasainagendra, Ninad Chaudhary, Suzanne Judd, Virginia Wadley, Orlando M. Gutiérrez, Henry Wang, Ethan M. Lange, Leslie A. Lange, Daniel Woo, Frederick W. Unverzagt, Monika Safford, Mary Cushman, Nita Limdi, Rakale Quarells, Donna K. Arnett, Marguerite R. Irvin, and Degui Zhi

Submissions from 2018

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Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Metabolic Syndrome in African-American Adults, Tomi Akinyemiju, Anh N. Do, Amit Patki, Stella Aslibekyan, Degui Zhi, Bertha Hidalgo, Hemant K. Tiwari, Devin Absher, Xin Geng, Donna K. Arnett, and Marguerite R. Irvin

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Demographic, Presentation, and Treatment Factors and Racial Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Hospitalization Outcomes, Tomi F. Akinyemiju, Gurudatta Naik, Kemi Ogunsina, Daniel T. Dibaba, and Neomi Vin-Raviv

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Pre-Diagnostic Biomarkers of Metabolic Dysregulation and Cancer Mortality, Tomi Akinyemiju, Justin Xavier Moore, Suzanne E. Judd, Maria Pisu, Michael Goodman, Virginia J. Howard, Leann Long, Monika Safford, Susan C. Gilchrist, and Mary Cushman

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In-Hospital Mortality and Post-Surgical Complications Among Cancer Patients with Metabolic Syndrome, Tomi Akinyemiju, Swati Sakhuja, and Neomi Vin-Raviv

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Spatial Distribution of Partner-Seeking Men Who Have Sex With Men Using Geosocial Networking Apps: Epidemiologic Study, Angel B. Algarin, Patrick J. Ward, W. Jay Christian, Abby E. Rudolph, Ian W. Holloway, and April M. Young

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Distinct White Matter Changes Associated with Cerebrospinal Fluid Amyloid-β1-42 and Hypertension, Omar M. Al-Janabi, Christopher A. Brown, Ahmed A. Bahrani, Erin L. Abner, Justin M. Barber, Brian T. Gold, Larry B. Goldstein, Richard R. Murphy, Peter T. Nelson, Nathan F. Johnson, Leslie M. Shaw, Charles D. Smith, John Q. Trojanowski, Donna M. Wilcock, and Gregory A. Jicha